Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 368 The First Step

Don Nelson's wait didn't last long, and soon another call came to his home.

"This is Jim Bass, brother. I just realized that people in Dallas are not very friendly to me. Can you find a place where I can talk?" Don Nelson was very familiar with the glib voice on the opposite side. Over the years, this voice He often fights with Mark Cuban in the major media, and the two sides are evenly matched, and they have contributed a lot of activity funds to David Stern.The Lakers have played against the Mavericks in the playoffs for many years, and there are many Dallas fans who know Jim Buss, so of course they will not give him any good looks.

An hour later, the two met at the agreed place, Northpark Mall in Dallas.

"This damn taxi driver, he actually recognized me. It was only a 10-minute drive, but he took me halfway around Dallas and tried to recruit me to the Mavericks!" Half an hour passed the appointed time , Jim kept his suitcase at the front desk while apologizing to Don Nelson repeatedly.

"Oh? He knows a lot about football? Do you want to take over as the head coach?"

"No, let me be the floor cleaner."

"I take back what I said just now. Floor cleaners need to have the ability to respond quickly, and can rush into the field in a short time to wipe off the sweat on the ground. You obviously can't do this... What do you want to eat?"

"Guest as you wish."

After ordering a few dishes at random, the two quickly got to the point.

"Just four hours ago, Chris Mullin called me." Don Nelson spoke first.

"It seems that in order to repair the relationship between you and Chris Cohan, you, a good disciple, have put in a lot of effort." Jim praised, Mullin's new official took office, and as a famous warrior, he obviously wanted to do something. It's a result, after all, the Warriors have been so bad in the past few years that the naked eye can see it. Mu Lin and others are seeing it in their eyes and feeling pain in their hearts.

"He even gave me a general explanation of the next team building plan. The Warriors will have a series of reinforcement actions in the future. He hopes that I can lead the Warriors back to the playoffs."

"Let me guess, first of all, he's going to get Baron Davis from the rebuilding Hornets because New Orleans got the No. 4 pick, which means they should at least get Deron Williams, One of Chris Paul or Raymond Felton; shooting guard...Jason Richardson is not bad, can stay, and then the two data brushes Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Troy Murphy will If he is sent away, the reinforcement target should be Al Harrington of the Pacers or Stephen Jackson of the Magic, and then just get a blue-collar center, and it should be almost the same.” Jim interpreted it based on his own memory, and put Chris · Mullin's nefarious plan is analyzed to a close.

"Generally good, but there are a few candidates I proposed to him, such as Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson you just mentioned." Don Nelson was inexplicably surprised, but with years of experience in the world, Still let him keep his tone and expression calm.

"It seems that we still have a tacit understanding. After all, I discovered Stephen Jackson, but it is a pity that the two of us couldn't get along in the end...Less aside, this lineup is indeed not bad, but with them and your coaching, It is not a big problem to enter the playoffs in the West, but it is too difficult to hit a higher goal." Jim took a sip of lemon juice.

"That's right."

"And our goal is the championship. I will regain what I lost, but after a season of coaching, I found that I am still suitable to sit in the audience. I will not sit still. After 10 days, as soon as the draft is over , You will see the changes in the Lakers, I believe that no coach can bear the temptation of coaching such a team, and now my mailbox is almost full of resumes and cover letters." Jim laughed.

"If you don't mind, can you tell me about it? I'll give Chris a call so that he can make preparations and grab it first to see if he can squeeze anything out of you." Don Nelson half-jokingly said .

Jim smiled without saying a word, just took out two stacks of documents from the briefcase.

Don Nelson took one of the stacks, which was the list of players, and even noted the players who signed up on it, including statistics, shooting hot spots, analysis of playing style characteristics, adaptive tactics, and so on.

After turning a few pages, Don Nelson's eyes lit up, and many of his ideas were fully reflected in this list of players.

"Interesting." Don Nelson took another document.

It is a head coach contract, and the contract amount and number of years are blank.

"How?" Jim smiled and looked at each other.

"Full of sincerity."

"I don't think Chris Cohan can reduce his desire for control to such an extent. Once the record is not good, he will still jump out to make trouble, reduce expenditure, lay off staff and reduce burdens to maintain economic income, etc...But I am different, we All actions have only one purpose, and that is the championship." Jim stood up and extended his hand in friendship.

"Deal." Don Nelson also got up and shook hands with Jim.

"That list, don't let Chris Mullin know." Jim laughed.

"He won't know, but I have to think of an excuse to comfort him. I can't go back to the Golden State Warriors. He should be very disappointed." Don Nelson packed both documents into his briefcase.

Soon, the Lakers officially announced that the new head coach of the Lakers will be the legendary coach of the league Don Nelson, with a three-year contract and a total value of 1000 million US dollars.

Although some Lakers fans are disappointed that Phil Jackson failed to return to the team, Don Nelson is at least a veteran head coach who has proven himself, has high prestige in the league, and is worthy of the Lakers. The golden signboard is not like some unknown coaches, so most people are satisfied with this result.

"Brad, this old lunatic's ideas are very advanced, sometimes too radical. When learning, you have to focus on it. He doesn't know how to defend. Give him a reliable lineup, and he can create A defensive team at the top of the league, but the mainstream of this version is offense, your task next season is very simple, try to write down his offensive routines and ways of employing people.” Returning to the familiar office, Jim gave Steven Si assigns homework.

On the other side, Kupchak and several other assistants are processing trade messages, and at the same time, they are constantly releasing false information to the informants of the major media in order to disturb the audiovisual. The Lakers will make big moves this offseason to regroup and hit the championship next season.

(End of this chapter)